It's here. Pics tonight. This thing is rather amazing. The guy said "mint condition", and he wasn't kidding. I feel like I shouldn't even touch it.

Put some new strings on it. Initial impressions: lighter than my Hanewinckel fretted (smaller body), the less-tapered spacing throws me off just a tiny bit, passive sound is pretty low, active I can't quite figure out the TCT (? think that's what it is) controls. Hard to come up with any conclusions about the active sound until I can get the pre figured out. It does sound good at least

Anybody know much about these preamps? If I turn all three (bass, mid, treble) down, the output goes completely off. All three at 5 is quite a bit louder than passive, and a little bass/treble heavy. I wonder if it's equivalent to the F-2B/F-1x tone controls?

I had a Tobias once, and if I can remeber correctly, a lot depends on how you adjust the mid control. It boosts and cuts both bass and treble based on how you adjust the mids. Specifically I can't remember what is boosted or cut when the mid is either boosted or cut, but I think a description of the preamp is on the Tobias website. If not, don't hesitate to contact Mike, because he's very helpful. I remember when I acquired my Tobias, it took me a little while to get used to the eq and find the settings that I liked. Part of the fun of getting a new bass is exploring and finding out those favorite settings. Good luck, and that's an amazing looking bass!